Atheism Quote by Emily Dickinson

“The feeling of intense repulsion, which had begun to oppress and torture his heart while he was on his way to the old woman,…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The one who confidently looks forward to an eternal reward for his efforts in mortality is constantly sustained through his deepest trials. When he…

— Harold B. Lee

“One could not stand and watch very long without being philosophical, without beginning to deal in symbols and similes, and to hear the hog-squeal…

— Upton Sinclair

“To have suffered so much in a certain direction that the suffering is finished, and only its particular wisdom remains, enables one, wherever that…

— James Allen

In his bleak mercy, Death forever strips The soul of light and memory, rendering blind Our vision, lest surmounted deeps appal, As when on…

— Clark Ashton Smith

“He, on the other hand, who really could sympathize therewith, would have to despair of the value of life; were he to succeed in…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Everything now had been taken from him, his striving after goodness, his hopes, his pride, even that human revenge upon fate--to destroy his own…

— Tanith Lee

Despite not knowing if what he felt from moment to moment would pass or last forever, he entered fully into his shifting states of…

— Diane Ackerman

“But soon a better nature seems to come over him, and gentler words fall from his lips. He preaches patience to himself – he…

— James Malcolm Rymer